The London rock and soul trio, The Creekside Strays, will be serenading The Wismer House Friday night for their third time.
Vocalist and guitarist, James Vinyard, bass player, Nic Cavaliere and Port Elgin native and drummer, Justin Shorey will start the show with an acoustic set, followed by 3 sets of 10 songs.
Playing in his hometown, Shorey said, “I am extremely excited. This is actually my favourite gig to play.”
He said, Friday night “(is an) opportunity to play for a lot of people that were around when I was growing up in Port Elgin.
“It’s a chance to showcase a bit about what I have been doing because there hasn’t been many people who have been exposed to it.”
He said that their music ranges from aggressive, mellow and radio friendly, to a couple of ballets that they will be playing Friday night.
The Creekside Strays have been busy over the summer as they played six shows at London Ribfest with one night opening for Bobnoxious, they opened for See Spot Run at Turkeyfest in Strathroy after winning a lengthy Battle of the Bands, Vinyard wrote in an e-mail.
They recently played a gig to a packed house at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, and have an upcoming gig opening for Die Mannequin in London.
The trio has also been working non-stop playing all around Southern Ontario on the heels of our most recent EP “Honour Amongst Thieves” which has been doing really well, and are in the stages of planning to do some more recording come January, Vinyard added.
Needless to say, “We’ve been preparing for (Fridays) gig pretty hard and have some fun stuff lined up,” said Vinyard.
For more information on the band visit their website at www.TheCreeksideStrays.com or visit their Facebook page.